Lauren Child

while a lot are quite amusing, some of them make you wonder whether the crew made it out.

My partner's father drove allsorts for the British Army. He used to have to paint the nuts on vehicles red for inspection by visiting bigwigs. Then it would be painted back afterwards. Did the Norwegians do the same thing?

Great idea,

Have you thought about maybe making a HMVF wiki?

Definitely Biggles.

"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything".

Speaking of such things, I've always fancied Oddballs hat. Does anyone know where you can get one?

Wooof Wooof or sumat like that

Nah, that's his other dog impression.

I think mine would me -

White Scout Car,

Abbott SPG

M3 Grant

Centurion

Dodge WC-51

BV206 with Comms back

AEC command car

OT-64

Mark 1

Tiger

Edit - realised I missed the OT-64 so out comes the Sultan....

I heard that the British Army would only consider actions in countries that had good Vodafone coverage.

There is an alternative solution for low coverage areas, but it's limited to line of sight, the availability of yoghurt pots, and how quickly the string dries out.

What about naval ranks for the aquatic mob? Clinkerknockers mostly...

 

MB

I'll be in the Office of Naval Contemplation, ONC for short.

Don't mention the A**F***, lest the forum be censored again.

For €7000 there will be complete and restored WCs available in mainland europe mate.

Thanks, Maybe I'll be able to knock the price down a bit.

It's this one on Milweb -

http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=41435&cat=3

(assuming its still available)

Thanks guys,

The one I'm looking at has canvas and posts, but the canvas is old and leaking so it'll need replacing. I've found a place doing a set of canvas for 360quid (www.canvasco.com).

Should I just be looking for the 3 metal posts, or are there some extra fixings that are needed?

This one is a 51 with no winch, and is going for £5500. Is this pricey given the things that need sorting (canvas and tyres).

Hi chaps and chapesses,

Can I get some advice on buying a WC? What should I be looking out for, and how much should I be looking to spend.

Last thing I want is to buy a shed. The one I'm looking at needs new tyres and isn't road registered, so those are both things I know I'll need to do.

Thanks,

Lauren

yep if you book your mv in you get in free,taking the landy so only cost is the fuel which is enough!

Cool, see you there

I think we need more girls on the forum. Definitely.

I've stood in much the same pose, looking down into the engine bay of the Duxford BRDM-2, wondering exactly where that spring went.

OK, thanks!

Not sure if this is me being a twit, but...

I just did a search for "wc-51 canvas" and got a lot of pages which don't have "wc-51" on them.

I thought he'd been silenced along with the forum after revealing info on a certain attack shed.

The date for the Military Vehicle Show at Duxford is up on the IWM website as the 15 June (Fathers Day).

I haven't seen much publicity yet, but I've added it to the new forum calendar as a heads up.

More details are in the What's On section of http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/

-Lauren

D'Oh Found it.

"New Posts" on the blue bar at the top... "Quick Links" then "Mark Forums Read" to reset it.

Thanks for keeping this running - I know other boards that folded completely when similar things happenned, and I know the sort of work it must have taken you to get it up and running again.

Much appreciated.

Hiya,

Is there any way to get the "Unread messages since last visit" function under the new system? It was very handy to see what was new without having to trawl through all of the forums.

Ta

Lauren

My last reply was lost in the forum crash/update so here's the Whitworth links again -

Whitworth sockets and spanners -

http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk/tools/whitworth.htm

big 3/4" drive and 1" drive whitworth sockets -

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/products.php?cat=King%20Dick%203%2F4%22%20Drive%2012%20Point%20Whitworth%20(BSW)

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/products.php?cat=King%20Dick%201%22%20Drive%2012%20Point%20Whitworth%20%28BSW%29